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Ortholexis holocausta

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Ortholexis holocausta
Loxolexis holocausta figure 13
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ortholexis
Species:
O. holocausta
Binomial name
Ortholexis holocausta
(Mabille, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Erionota holocausta Mabille, 1891
  • Katreus holocausta (Mabille, 1891)
  • Loxolexis holocausta (Mabille, 1891)

Ortholexis holocausta, the cinnamon scarce sprite, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.[1] The habitat consists of forests.

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